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Maple Resolve

This page archives news and photos from Exercise Maple Resolve in 2019. It highlights deployments and training, showcasing MARFORRES operational readiness and global engagement with partner nations.

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Maple Resolve is an annual exercise, 3-week multinational simulated war, hosted by the Canadian Army bringing NATO allies together from across the world to share and learn tactics while strengthening foreign military ties.

 

Bright Star 23: MOUT & Urban Breaching

U.S. Marines with 4th Combat Engineer Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, observes as partner nation forces practice creating donut charges during a field training exercise as part of Bright Star 23 at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt, Sept. 4, 2023. A donut charge is an explosive breaching device that is hung from a door knob. Bright Star 23 is a multilateral U.S. Central Command exercise held with the Arab Republic of Egypt across air, land, and sea domains that promotes and enhances regional security and cooperation, and improves interoperability in irregular warfare against hybrid threat scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samuel Qin)

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Photo by: Lance Cpl. Samuel Qin |  VIRIN: 230904-M-PV411-1007.JPG